Disease/Drug of interest: Salmonella


Motivation and Background: There have been many outbreaks of salmonella across the country through the decades, so why haven't people found a cure yet?

References:

  1. CDC, “Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food—10 States, 2008,” MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT, Vol. 58, No. 14, pp. 333-37 (April 10, 2009), online athttp://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5813a2.htm
  2. Ibarra, J Antonio, and Olivia Steele-Mortimer. “Salmonella – the Ultimate Insider. Salmonella Virulence Factors That Modulate Intracellular Survival.”Cellular Microbiology 11.11 (2009): 1579–1586. PMC.
  3. Liao, Anne P. et al. “Salmonella Type III Effector AvrA Stabilizes Cell Tight Junctions to Inhibit Inflammation in Intestinal Epithelial Cells.” Ed. Niyaz Ahmed. PLoS ONE 3.6 (2008): e2369. PMC.


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